The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.
—Che Guevara, 1968Quotes
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
—Lord Acton, 1887Written laws are like spiderwebs: they will catch, it is true, the weak and poor but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.
—Anacharsis, c. 550 BCEvery country has the government it deserves.
—Joseph de Maistre, 1811Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.
—John Wilkes Booth, 1865An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.
—James Russell Lowell, c. 1865The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.
—Herodotus, c. 425 BCPolitics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
—Paul Valéry, 1943The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1774I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!
—George H. W. Bush, 1990Let him who desires peace prepare for war.
—Vegetius, c. 385To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.
—Quintus Fabius Maximus, c. 203 BCI say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967